US Patent Issued to SAFRAN on July 8 for "Draping a skin of thermoplastic material on a multicellular body" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,916, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris).

"Draping a skin of thermoplastic material on a multicellular body" was invented by Foucault De Francqueville (Moissy-cramayel, France), Remi Roland Robert Mercier (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Naoufel Ben Salem (Moissy-cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a panel including a plurality of partitions defining cells covered by at least one skin, the skin being formed by draping fibrous structures impregnated with a thermoplastic material on the upper edges of the partitions by automatic placement of fibers, the upper edges of the partitions and t...